KEVIN MARTIN is drawing ire from consumers, the cable industry and even his own FCC. Three consumer advocate groups have submitted a filing to the FCC that says Martin's plan to relax media ownership rules will destroy competition, reduce local news and taint editorial pages. The NCTA has also logged complaints about Martin's plan to increase cable regulation by lowering rates for leased channels and possibly forcing a la carte programming. NCTA President Kyle McSlarrow accused Martin of manipulating data to support his agenda and said "The FCC is broken." Lastly, two Republican FCC commissioners have requested the data that Martin used to support his claim that cable is used by 71.4% of the country and therefore legally subject to increased regulation. COMCAST has been sued by a customer over its practice of throttling connections with peer-to-peer file-sharing services. The Plaintiff is arguing that Comcast used false and misleading advertising about the speed of its connections...